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<p>Electoral fraud is unacceptable on any level. There are already measures in place
designed to enhance the security of postal voting.</p><p>In response to (the then)
Sir Eric Pickles report on electoral fraud, the Government accepted recommendations
to strengthen the postal vote system and, in line with our manifesto commitment, we
are working to reform postal voting to ensure our elections are secure.</p><p>The
Government will look for opportunities to introduce measures that will restrict the
handling of postal votes by people who may seek to abuse or subvert them. We will
also look to introduce controls on the return of postal votes via polling stations,
which has been a cause for concern in past elections.</p>

<p>Under section 113 of the Representation of the People Act (RPA) 1983 it is an offence
for a person to give money or a gift to any other person in order to induce them to
vote or to refrain from voting at an election. There is a similar offence at section
114 of the RPA 1983 in relation to the treating of voters.</p><p>Furthermore, the
Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) replaced an old and outmoded mix of common and statutory
law and was designed to provide the courts, prosecutors and investigators the tools
they needed to tackle bribery in the UK and overseas in the 21st century. The Act
reflects the UK's continued commitment to combat bribery and provides a modern, comprehensive
scheme of bribery offences.</p><p>If anyone has evidence of abuse of the electoral
system, this should be reported to the Returning Officer or the Police who have powers
to investigate.</p><p>We will continue to keep electoral law under review to ensure
the electoral system is safe and secure.</p>